Basic Questions on Solar Install
I'm finally getting rid of the generator and looking to install solar. Right now I have a 2000W inverter and 450AH of lead acid batteries. I'm looking at installing (3) 175W panels and an MPPT charge ...
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Lwiddis wrote:
“Dumping” the generator isn’t the best plan IMO. If you have a generator available, you won’t need it. If you don’t...
That really depends on the rig, how you use it and your preferences and lifestyle.
We have a truck camper and we boondock a lot. We've used the gen maybe 4 times in the last 5 years. It's loud and obnoxious and we generally don't stay in one place for more than 2 days. If the weather isn't good for solar, we go where it is.
We hate the generator and are looking forward to dumping it.
Right now I'm preparing to build a new LifePo4 battery bank and I should be able to put a decent charge in the battery from running the engine of the truck if it ever gets too low but I doubt that will happen. I'm moving up from 2 100ah lifeline AGMs to a 270 ah lifepo4 battery which means a change from 100ah usable to about 250 ah usable.
If this goes well, I'll probably dump the gen, add 300 more watts of solar and expand the bank to 540 ah.
